The Democrats will answer the Republican critiques and compare their agenda for the future with what they say are Republican plans to reinstate economic policies that produced the 2008 crash.
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The speeches are over. The road blocks are dismantled. The delegates are heading out of town. As the debris of the week that was is swept away, let’s savor some of the high points and low points of the Republican National Convention.

For raw entertainment value, it was absolutely marvelous, unscripted moment after watching three days of a political infomercial. Even without drinking a bottle of cough syrup.

Politically, what makes NO SENSE is why the Romney campaign — which clings to their scripted talking points tighter than just about any campaign ever — would allow the 82-year-old Eastwood to AD LIB for seven minutes with an empty chair in the last hour of the most important hour of the convention in a supertight presidential race.

Yes, all the signs point to Dirty Harry making the GOP delegates’ night as the “mystery speaker” during the climactic 10 p.m. hour. Mitt Romney media man Russ Schriefer told reporters he wouldn’t confirm that it’s Clint Eastwood — because then “it wouldn’t be a mystery any more.”
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Ted Cruz made his presence known during a charged speech yesterday and others belted out patriotic tunes with a Texas twist. Check out top convention headlines featuring the Lone Star State.
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The Romney team, in an effort to juice up ratings for the big convention finale, piqued the interest of the chattering class when it announced a “to be announced” speaker just before Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s big introduction of nominee Mitt Romney.

Romney campaign officials stoked the gossip with strategically placed “no comments,” while confirming today that the mystery speaker is still on the schedule.

Whether you were rooting for the Patriots or for the Giants, there’s one thing everyone can thank the Super Bowl gods for — the fact that our airwaves weren’t inundated with presidential candidates promoting their ideals.

Still, scattered among the promotions for beer, cars, Doritos and not much else, were a few commercials with political agendas.